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EA Unit Debuts In-Game Distribution For Downloadable Content

Electronic Arts division BioWare reveals details about “The Cerberus Network,” an in-game portal in the upcoming Mass Effect 2 that will offer bonus downloadable content (DLC) and game news. The...

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Harmonix Markets ‘Rock Band’ As Indie Distribution Platform

It's a videogame version of the vanity press: ‘Rock Band’ publisher Harmonix hopes to rejuvenate its franchise by enabling independent acts to sell their songs as downloadable game content. As Wired...

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PlayStation Store Shifts DLC Release Day

Online PlayStation 3 gamers will now have a day’s jump on the Xbox 360 audience for new content, as the Sony-owned digital distribution network moves its release date from Thursday to Tuesday. First...

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EA Unveils Plan To Charge Used Game Buyers For Downloadable Content

Beginning with the release of “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11” next month, EA Sports games for PS3 and Xbox 360 will include a single-use “online pass” for downloadable content and online services such as...

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Game Publishers Should Charge More DLC Fees To Used Purchasers, Says Analyst

Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz wants to see more console videogame publishers charge used game purchasers access fees for downloadable components, as a way of “cordoning off” premium gameplay from the...

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‘Call of Duty’ Developer: Key To Discouraging Trade-Ins Is Keeping Fans Engaged

Major videogame publishers including EA and THQ have sought to mitigate the impact of previously-owned videogames on new release sales this year by making some titles’ online multiplayer modes...

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GameStop Stores Selling DLC for PlayStation 3

Sony Computer Entertainment America plans to market select downloadable content (DLC) for the PlayStation 3 in more than 4,400 GameStop locations, as well as at GameStop.com, in a new campaign with the...

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EA: Downloads To Comprise 20 Percent of Game Sales

Electronic Arts is on track to sell $750 million worth of full-game downloads and other digital content this year, accounting for 20% of the company’s annual revenue, CFO Eric Brown said at a UBS...

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DLC Popularity Increasing Among Console Gamers: Study

An increasing number of console gamers are purchasing supplemental downloadable content (DLC) for titles, while downloads of full-length games are on the rise as well, according to market research firm...

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Activision: DLC Sales Boost Digital Revenues

At Activision Blizzard, revenues from digital channels increased by more than 30% year-over-year during the company’s first quarter (ended March 31), with downloadable content, online subscription...

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More Than Half Of Console Owners Now Purchase Downloadable Content: Survey

Some 51 percent of consumers in the U.S. and Canada who own a high-definition videogame console (that is, a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360) have purchased downloadable content in the past 12 months,...

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Paid Subscribers to ‘Call of Duty Elite’ Top One Million; Service Still...

Premium memberships to Activision Publishing’s new Call of Duty Elite gaming service have quickly topped one million, establishing a new subscription business for the publisher's multi-billion-dollar...

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